US411257A

US411257A - Shovel

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Publication number: US411257A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1889-09-17
Anticipated expiration: 1906-09-17

Description

(No Model.)

J. PFEIFER.

SHOVEL.

NO. 411,257. Patented septylv, 1889.

9% W W' w h/ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN PFEIFER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOVEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,257, dated September 17, 1889.

Application filed August 30, 1888. Serial No. 284,172. (No model.)

To all whom it may cmwern:

Be it known that I, JOHN PFEIFER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shovels, Spades, Scoops, dze., which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanyinfe,` drawings.

My inVent-ion relates to improvements in coal, grain, and other shovels, spades, scoops, and other articles of the class having tubular metallic handles; and it consists in forming the blade, pad, and handle of such shovel, &c., of a single piece of Wrought metal, Whereby the article is Stronger, oheaper, lighter, and better than heretofore prodnced.v

Fignre l represents a perspective View of a shovel embodying my invention, the same being taken from the back of the same. Fig. 2 represents an irregnlar section of a portion on line x oc, Fig. l. Fig. 3 represents an irregnlar section of a portion on line 'y y, Fig. 2, both fignres being on an enlarged scale.

Similar letters and numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several fignres.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the blade of a shovel or scoop, and B the pad, O the handle, and D the grip thereof. The handle is tubular or hollow and the pad stamped or struck up, said handle and pad being integral with the blade.

In carrying out my invention I take a piece or plate of sheet or wrought metal, preferably steel, and cut the same into proper shape, and then by proper manipulations produce the blade, pad, and tnbular or hollow handle, it being seen that said parts possess strength, lightness, and dnrability, and may be constrncted more rapidly and less expensivelyi' than heretofore practiced.

In order to strengthen the adjacent portions of the handle and pad, there is inclosed within the same a block or filling 1 of Wood,

which is held in place by a rivet 2, passed through the block and handle, thus avoiding spreading and springing at the portions stated.

The grip consists of a bow 3, grasping portion 4, and neck 5, said bow and neck being formed of cast or malleable metal. The neck enters the end of the handle and is secured thereto by a rivet or other suitable means, the grip thus being strong and dnrable and firmly connected With the handle. Prior to the connection of the grasping portion 4 With the boW 3, said portion being made of Wood, the handle and bow are plunged into a piekle or bath, so as to be galvanized, the snrplus material escaping through an opening in the neck, said opening` being afterward filled and the portion 4 duly seenred in position. It Will be seen that rnsting or corroding of the handle and bow is prevented, a nniforni surface produced, and the joint of the handle closed.

I am aware that it is not new to make the blade and pad of a shovel of a single piece of material and weld to the same a tnbular piece for a handle; but I am not aware that it is common to make the entire handle, pad, and blade of a single piece of wrought or sheet metal, the pad being strnck np or stamped and the handle bent or rolled into shape.

IIaVing thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of mannfactnre, a shovel consisting of a tubular handle, a pad, and a blade, all formed of a single piece of sheet or Wrought metal, a filling in said handle, and a grip with neck entering said handleand se- `cnred thereto, said parts being` combined substantially as described.

` JOHN PFEIFER.

NVitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERsHEIM, A. P. JENNINes.